Ron Lancaster, a star quarterback who led the Saskatchewan Roughriders to their first Grey Cup title and was the Canadian Football League's outstanding player in 1970 and 1976, died Thursday. He was 69.

Ricky Williams needed a little time to get going in his CFL debut. After gaining 8 yards in the first half, the former Dolphins running back finished with 97 yards on 18 carries in the Toronto Argonauts' 27-17 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday in the regular-season opener for both teams.

Ricky Williams looked like a running back less than a week into training camp with a new team, rushing for only seven yards on four carries Friday in the exhibition debut with the Toronto Argonauts, who lost to Hamilton 31-3. The former Miami Dolphin is under NFL suspension for breaking the league's drug policy.